LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10509, 22 December 1911, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hay-ma iking is, now proceeding in many parts of the Masterton district. The Masterton cricket team which proceeded to Eketuhuiia yesterday was unable to get a game, as heavy rain fell in the Bush. township.

The Gisborne-Waikaremo<wa track' has been reopeiul for tourist trafiic, and a good riding track is no'V obtainable right to the Lake. The experimental plots in the Masterton district., which are reported to be doing.well, have leer, visited by Mr G. de Bayliss. The crops are said to be looking exceedingly well. Tlie Native religious gatdieriing at Te Or 3 Ore commenced yesterday, and will lie continued for several days. A large number of visiting natives have arrived in Msisterton. The Miastenton South Bras*i Band will (weather- permitting) render a programme .of music in' Queen Street, on Saturday evening, commencing at 7.30 o'clock. A collection will betaken up in aid of tlie instrument furd. WHAT ABOUT HAWKES! The Wellington, Garrison Band won the Championship and also the Challenge Shield at the Palmerston North Band Contest of 1911. They iflsed Hawkes' Exoeslior Sonorous Band Instruments—a complete set. In the first test piece this noted Wellington Band was allotted the maximum number of points, the judge declaring that he had never heard such playing, and commending in eulogistic terms the tone and blend. The Wellington Tramway Band, also using a complete ,set of Hawkes' Excelsior Sonorous instruments, won the B Grade. Tlie judge congratulated this band on their playing. These two successes in Grade A and Grade B. on such a great occasion, are worthy wins for Hawkes, whose instruments are pre-eminent all over th world. Bandsmen I Buy a set of Hawkes—there are honours and valuable prizes to be won with them. Write for catalogue. Sole agente— I The DRESDEN PIANO CO., Ltd., | Wellington. Leoal Representative: I H. Inus. Darnell's Bailmngg, Queen I Sftr»efc, M»stortus.

Yesterday —December 21st —was the shortest day in the year. A swimming olub wtas formed this week at Pahnerston North.

Th.? oat crops on the OpaKi .irt' induing Hi splemii.} condition )ÜBi Some of them xvt I !.e ready for Lur-vest'-ng in a *ew :i:iys

Iviiicmatograph rigjhts m connectioij with tho )>avis Oup matches at ChristcOnuirclh have been secured by the Australian IMiotto-piliay Company of Sydney.

A special meeting of managers of the Masterton Tedhnioail' School is to be hdd this evening to pass the salaries of instructors and complete for the current year.

OH age pensioners in Master ton will be pleased to kiiow that arrajjgehlents have been niexle for the payment of the January pensions o*n. Friday, the 2i)£h, and Saturday, the 30tih in sits. A few seasons ago fanners vere killing off their r»iy«>s .is being uh itofitable. There will Ihj no occi&rw to do so this season. Buyers in the W.mjiaami district are now offering 32s 6d for rieer oal-'cs, and !17s fd for hc'teie.

Several by-tew cases, are to be heard ait the Magistrate's Count in Masterion to-day. The bearing of a charge of a breach of the peace, which is aleged tto have been committeed on the night of the second ballot, will )>e adjourned.

The usual meeting of the Good Templars Lodge was held in Master ten last night i'n the Foresters' Hall, Si§. Mrs Flanagan presiding ever "a good attendance. After routine business was dhe lodge went into harmony.

The visiting comanitifcee of tiie Masterlon. District Higih Sdaool has boen autthomed to maJse arrangements with Mr 0. N. Kaslam for tSie 'holding of sityoatiing during the, holidays for dhfldiren wih© are not holi-day-making eitsewfhere. TJie dlasses tJhe Masberton District Higjh Sdhool, idiich. will be disbu/nbed during, tjlje erection of the a«j;. sembly feaEli J wall be .carried on in. buildings oil til© oM showgrounds after "the holiday. The "Messiialh," to be rendered by tihe JVletlixxlisrt dhoir and frienxls in t'he Mastartton Methodist Ghiumah this evening, promises to be a musical treat. Amongst those. assisting are Miss Vera Edwards, A.T.C.L., L.A.Ji.. and Mr H. F. Green, two of Mastortoai's leading voea&te, w!ho are taaing

As k'iomntf.-.thd tthaufgci'. of opimans to-d \v '-as. yv.ith. tlie 20 years:ago Mr Lindsay • "mentioned at a of tii«i South Canterbury Education Hoard.that the authorities did ail they couJd now to encourage swimming, but when he went to sdhooi boys used to get caned for going anvav .swimming.

As an ouicome of tfoe sSiareholders' di.S£alasfiactioai 'tibe board of directors of tJhe.Wanganiui Free&irng Company i Resigned. .All, 'with' two exceptions, , again offere£ ,, 'tfceir..sen'ices.. ;and tlie election yestertl&y resulted ir» the return. of tSie old members with tile addition of Messrs C L. Duigan and U. E. Beckett.

The AJiaital meeting of ,tHie Workmen's Friend Building Society, which was to have been held last ntipjht, lapsed for want of a quorum. TTie vicechairman (Mr J. A. Moßwen) Bidjoiurnod tflie meeting until Umirs-lay week. The directors (Messrs W. K. Jackson, T.B.Rraggiins and B. Chapman), boing tihe only ones 'nominated for tihe positions, wal be re-elec-ted iat tlhe annual meeting.

At Christchnrch his Honor. Mr Justice Dennistoat on Tuesday, dealt rather severely with. tfre iegif>laitio*n of tihe Dominion Speaking of tho provision donling -K-itli gifts made within, three rears of amai's death, is one of those Acts that ; o.re passed by tho House and tihen sent to a. revising Chamber, where ".'lie members rtro waiting, carpet-bags in hand and steamer tickets in |>ocket. The time has come, I tihfrik, when no Act should J eeomo law until it has been revised by a select oommattese (to we that it carries ourt wffoafcts, as far as can be ascertained, tflue intemtrion of the Legislature."

At a country polling booth in ira.ki, which happened to be tihe local school, during the slack time of the day a votei- came fti, and, after receiving ibis voting papers and duly depositing them in tihe ballot box, leaned thereon and commenced to d/isouss the political satuiatdoni ivtiitth tihe officials present. The ret/urning officer, however, tactfully informed him /that as he had voted lie must retire. ' 'AJJ. right," was tihe reply, as he left, "but it's jolly hard lines when the chairman of a Softool committee is turned out of has own building!" The record load of woo®, 144 bales, wg.s conveyed.to Carterton by Johnion Bros. taction" plant on Wsdnesday evening. ' i here were five wagons wiitihi bales and one Burreil engi'ne hauling. The wool was gathered up by two engines and assemble:! at JoSinsi'") Bros.' Ywrds at Farkvale, and hiauled from there to the .Cartel - ton railway station. Taking the - age bale as weighing 400Ibs. tihe weight otf tflie wool' wias 57,6001b5, or approximately 25 £ tons. Working out the value of tihe wool -a t- 10d per lb, the of the load was £2400. This sum is divided amongst four local settlers —aJnd then "cockies" say fanning does not pay.—News. The monthly meeting of the Mi;«sterton District High School Committee was held last tlhere being present: Messrs R. Browin (Chairman), G. Hyde, T. J. Thompson, C. Perry, A. Hendry, and A. W. Chapman. The report of the headmaster was read. The attendance ait tihe school hiad been very satisfactory lip to the date of closing. The Treasurer reported a credit balance of £BS odd. Accounts amouiiitnoe to £2O were passed for payment. Messrs T. J. Thompson, E. H. Waddington, and U. Prtagnell were a/ppointed a visitant Committee for the month.

fOTT SHOT7T.T) BEAR IN MIND That by using the commercial eucaIvptns oil which is "now bought up at 6d per lb weight and bottled, an« on account of the large profit, pushed, you are exposing yourself' to all the dangers ta which the use of turpentine will expose you—irritation of kidneys, intestinal trach, and mucous membranes. By insisting on the GENUINE SANDER EUCALYPTI EXTRACT you not only avoid these pitfalls, but yon have a stimulating, safe, and effective medicament, the result, of a special and careful ibanufacture.. A trial will at once . convince. Quality in small dose distincuishes it from the bulky and dangerous nroduots. Remember—SANDEß'S EXTRACT embodies the result of ■SO years' experience and special study ,and it does what is promised; it heals and cores without injuring the constitution, as the oils of tho market frequently do. Therefore pretest b■* rejecting ■»tfter Brw*i*

A movement is afoot to form a*n eggcircle in' Daarncvirko.

We acknowledge t3ie receipt of tlie season's greetings from the staff of the. Wairarapa Standard. A grand military tournament is to be hold at Painters/ton Nor till, commencing on December JO ill.

A centre of the Sports Protection League was kst night formed at Gisboirne, witlh Mr J. W. Nolan as President.

A very heavy English Christmas mii.il readied Masterton by the late tixum last night. It was not sorted until after midnigjilt. Loan proposals involving the expenditure of £12,550 on street, works '.trad s owe rage extensions were carried at Palmers torn Nortih yesterday. A Forty-Mile Bu&h dairy farmer received creamery cheques totalling £lO5 a,nd £lO6 for tlie months of November amd December from 52 cows.

Tlie payment for butter-fiat for the inontfli of November iajt the Kaiparoro Cheese Factor was £564 10s 6d. The ihigihest test, at tlhe factory was 4.0, and the lowest. 3.1. At Ronigokokako the sann of £305 7s was paid out, and tlhe tests wore 3.8—3.2.

As showing how the bad weather has affected shearing operations in the Eketahuna district, says the Express, tile number of bales of wool despatched from the Eketalhuma :ieiihvay station uip till Wednesday wa.-v 1000 less than for tihe corresponding period of last venr.

Hie matter of tlhe inetlaJlliiig of a I portion of tfhe . Alfredton-Pongaroa road to discussed at length at the last meeting of the Eketalhui.ia Chamber of Commerce, and finally it was resolved tQnwt tihe secretary wirite to prominent settlers witili tihe object of folly ascertaining the position, and Offering the Chamber's assistance. •

The Union Company's steamer Wanaka is still held up cut Napier, owing to the waterside worKers refusing to work except a.t increased pay. A •conference witfli the local manager,, failed to reach an agreement, and the 10191/ I office is awaiting instructions from 'headquarters. The Wanaka. has two thousand tons of Newcastle coal aboard.

According to Mr T. C. Brasoh, of tilie National Dairy Association, wilmj has, just returned from a tour through Tananoki, rtOxe district is looking really well at present, but alitihoiigfli feed is - plentiful, come on too late to ■e'naible, ftlhe deityiii** :to. b.^ obtained'. - Nearily; sjitery /factory. ,-ish &iortage 'of inalki. iWMiihjfc from 10 to 15 per cent. Only jierc'and thea'e" a. factory i$ found toberequfal-' ling or exceeding; last year's returns. The ca.itsc of,the shortage is generally given as being that feed lias come on too late.

During the recent fires in the ELanr.- i mm district Mr F.Goodall, a roadman j on tSie Waikaremoana road, near Mr j Harkwick Smith's property, suffered^a j severe loss. He was employed clear- J ipg logs off the road, which had been, i brought down by th'efiro .and gale * a mile or so 'beyotaxj his whare. Fear- ] dng that the fire was coming near his i wthwre, ho rode back, only to find the buikliiiiig in flames. Besides losing his stores a.nd personal property, a, sub- , sum of ir,oney was burned. I

A recital of muac appropriate, to the Christmas season was given in Knox OvuiPch, Masterton, last nigjht, by Mr Purcell- Webb wiitih tlhe a-ssistaince of Miss Vera Edwards, Mr 0. Ibbetson, •a'nd the Church A number of fine solos were rendered by the organist. Miss Edwards sang with vim "I

Wall Extol Thee," and with, feeling, I "The, Gift.'' .Mrlibbetson's remjßtfng . of the "Star of Bethelhem" j appreciated, as were allso the oaiflß jby j the choir, wihich, though,not. a. TOfge one, remarkably well, and seldom have tfean heard to such good,,advantage its ait last night's performance, Mr Puircell Wc£b, as organist, as usual, gave 1 a. variety of gems, which were rendered with exceMe'n.t judgment, and were greatly enjoyed by the audience. The recital was a very enjoyable one from beginning to end. Ait the cavil sitting of the Magistrate's Court., lipid in Masterton yesterday, judgment was given for the plaintiffs in the follbwing undefended cases: —Charles Heatry Owen v. Gilbert Laiwrence, £7 10s sd, costs £2 2s 6d; Stephen John Harding v. 'William J. Corflett, claim £8 10s, costs £1 10s 6d; lievrin and Co., Ltd., v. S. Buck thought, claim £ll 15s and 7d, costs £1 10s 6d ; Alpass and Co. v. Ruhi Augiust, aliaam £4,.

oosfts £1 4s"; Robert Harry Cole v. R. S. Curtis, claim £25 8s 6d, costs £2 15s; James Whittaker v. Donald Stewart, claim £6 Is Id, costs £1 3s 6d-; Masterton Farmers' Implement Co. v. George E. Manning, junr., claim £4 15s Bd, costs 12s. In the judgment summons case, John Boxhali v. John Woods, the defendant l was ordered to pay £3 10s lid in dnstalimem'itts- .of £1 a. month, the first payment to be made on January 1912

Mr E. Hodges has a repliace advertisement in this issue in reference to nwmerous second-hand lines. A notice re n lost- poliicv is inserted by the A.M.P. Society on the front page of this issue. The finder of a lady's check macintosh, lost near racecourse yesterday, is requested to kindily leave same at the Masterton Police Station. Hie Matftorton. Hontdoultuxial Society gives notice that prize money in connection with tllie laite Rose and Sweet Pea show is now payable at the office of tlie Secretory, Mr H. M. Boddington. Alternative tenders, to close Saturday, 23rd inst, are invited by Mr T. J. Riathbone for bus& work and haul'ing logs from Messi"s Miller Bros., Miangaitarere ValiTey to Mi" Roithbone s mi Ills at Carterton. Mr Frank Dupre has in hand a beautiful consignment of ladies' and gentlemen's gold watches. Tliey aire to be lilad in open-faced keyless or doublo-oased, plain or engraved. Messrs J. Fraser and Co. advertise particulars or a first class mixed oi dairying farm of 308 acres. Ihe property is advertised as a special bargain, and will onily be in the market for a short period

Pimplfip off til two diyi'-JAx®-Tonio Pills - removed an nnpghtly patch of pimples from my face, writes Mrs Sophie Henderson, 12, Reiby Street Enmore, New Booth Wale' which! for two months hid cesisted every possible remedy. Aftei trying almost every medicine 1 finally need Laxo-Tonio Pills, and aftct frnfring them according to directions the pimples-began to dry np, and in 48 honrs came away when I was washing, leaving the skin pertopfcii clear and dean. Obtaiteaok «v©r> whMfe Prio® 10|d and n ft*

Messrs A. J. Jolinson and Co. will hold a great sale of Giristimus poultry art; the post offioe auction mart to-mor-row afternoon.

Handsome oopper «m"d brass candlesticks, 2s; vases, hot- water keftotles, flower pots, ot-c. can just now be had at most reasonable prices from H. Bcale and Co., Ltd. They aie worth! inspection.—Advt.

... t i . Notice is hereby given that the* offices of Messrs Abraham and Williams, Ltd., Dalgoty and Co., -Ltd., and the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., will lieclosed on 2«ytlh, 26'tlh, and 27tii December for tJhe Christmas holidays, and J oa January Ist and 2nd for the NewYear Jiolid&ys.

Messrs K. Boale and Co. arc showing some handsome copper and brass, flower pots, v.-ksea. !iot water kettfos, etc., just now. The firm promises some very low prices for these goods, also for general oultlery. A nice tot children's goods are being exliibited-' in t3ie sliapo of enamel tea and kitchen sets, mugs, oups and saucers, knife,, fork and spoon sets, iron morey boxes, toy animals, etc. An esoeiUlenfc lot of" fancy enamelled ware has also been opened up, wihicfh in (addition to variety has the attraction of good quality. The new Perfection/ kerosene stoves arc suggested as reasonable, handsome presenJts, a full stock of wlii/rh. is heldi by Messrs Beyle and Co.